Particularly rolling acne scars and hyperpigmentation on the face.
I understand why deep scars/tattoos remain.
However, thought shallow scars and light sun spots would fad with a few months of cell turnover?
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There are a lot of complex reasons and I’m sure someone will elaborate on them somewhere down the thread, but the easiest explanation is those cells replicate too.
All of the cells that make up your scars, freckles, birthmarks, etc. are also replicating exactly (more or less) how they are, which means that your weird mole is going to follow you around for your whole life, baring extraneous circumstances
There are a lot of complex reasons and I’m sure someone will elaborate on them somewhere down the thread, but the easiest explanation is those cells replicate too.
All of the cells that make up your scars, freckles, birthmarks, etc. are also replicating exactly (more or less) how they are, which means that your weird mole is going to follow you around for your whole life, baring extraneous circumstances
There are a lot of complex reasons and I’m sure someone will elaborate on them somewhere down the thread, but the easiest explanation is those cells replicate too.
All of the cells that make up your scars, freckles, birthmarks, etc. are also replicating exactly (more or less) how they are, which means that your weird mole is going to follow you around for your whole life, baring extraneous circumstances
Scar tissue is also a build up of extra collagen particles in and around cells as part of repair. These turn over much more slowly, sort of stuck this way until better blood flow or proper skin cells return to the area, if at all. This is why some scars fade by many last forever. If you get a decent scar when younger, the skin cells propagate but your body is growing as well, making it hard for the proper growth to overtake the damaged area. Sometimes scars grow for this reason
Scar tissue is also a build up of extra collagen particles in and around cells as part of repair. These turn over much more slowly, sort of stuck this way until better blood flow or proper skin cells return to the area, if at all. This is why some scars fade by many last forever. If you get a decent scar when younger, the skin cells propagate but your body is growing as well, making it hard for the proper growth to overtake the damaged area. Sometimes scars grow for this reason
Scar tissue is also a build up of extra collagen particles in and around cells as part of repair. These turn over much more slowly, sort of stuck this way until better blood flow or proper skin cells return to the area, if at all. This is why some scars fade by many last forever. If you get a decent scar when younger, the skin cells propagate but your body is growing as well, making it hard for the proper growth to overtake the damaged area. Sometimes scars grow for this reason
Not all cells turn over in that time. That is an average, but cells under the skin turn over slower. Plus, the genes in the new cells will remain the same, so they will produce the same result.
Not all cells turn over in that time. That is an average, but cells under the skin turn over slower. Plus, the genes in the new cells will remain the same, so they will produce the same result.
Not all cells turn over in that time. That is an average, but cells under the skin turn over slower. Plus, the genes in the new cells will remain the same, so they will produce the same result.
The skin is made up of several different cells. Some are actual skin cells and some are more structural. There is also fatcells, immune cells, nerves and much more. Your skin is incredibly complex. It’s not just a bag covering muscles.
When you get a small damage the skin heals completely. That is because you haven’t lost any structures. Think of it like a building. If a couple of windows gets busted and the roof gets some damage then it’s a pretty easy fix. The rest of the building is there to build on and you know where the windows go.
Now if you get a deeper and more severe damage you lose the structure of the skin. If we take the building again. If you lose an entire wall, windows and all, and you don’t have blueprint it is impossible to know how it’s supposed to look. So you just slap concrete on that side and call it a day. That is scar tissue. It’s the body’s way of healing something that has lost its identity. It doesn’t know exactly how it looked before and replicating some things in the original is impossible so it just builds scar tissue.
If you get a medium injury it can heal fully but it takes a lot longer.
If you have to replace 3 windows it’s quicker than if you have to replace 10 windows and a part of the wall.
Children often gets worse scarring because they are excellent healers. Old people usually get less scaring because they heal worse. While discreet scars are nice you also lose a lot of strength with those.
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